Graphics Cards

[EJThaGamer]

So I am just wondering what specs(for graphics cards) you must look at to determine if it is a good graphics card or not.

I was just wondering so that I'll know later on when I upgrade my pc

[RollTime]

That's hard to pin down. You can look at clockspeeds, memory bandwidth, amount of memory, and plenty of other stuff. At the end of the day, however, the best thing to do is to just look up some performance numbers.

[Fasauceome]

Good? Well the price point matters a lot.

 

Here's the other problem, you can't compare exact specs with graphics cards, here's an example:

 

AMD graphics card is clocked at 1500MHz, Nvidia card is clocked at 1700MHz, which is better?

No idea! Nvidia and AMD cards use different anounts of processing units, different types of processing units, have different power requirements, change clocks speeds in different ways, etc.

 

TLDR: just look up reviews and statistics, the spec sheets won't help you decide.

[EJThaGamer]

9 minutes ago, RollTime said:

That's hard to pin down. You can look at clockspeeds, memory bandwidth, amount of memory, and plenty of other stuff. At the end of the day, however, the best thing to do is to just look up some performance numbers.

aa okay like go watch on some benchmarks ?

[EJThaGamer]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Good? Well the price point matters a lot.

 

Here's the other problem, you can't compare exact specs with graphics cards, here's an example:

 

AMD graphics card is clocked at 1500MHz, Nvidia card is clocked at 1700MHz, which is better?

No idea! Nvidia and AMD cards use different anounts of processing units, different types of processing units, have different power requirements, change clocks speeds in different ways, etc.

 

TLDR: just look up reviews and statistics, the spec sheets won't help you decide.

okay thnx for advice

[RollTime]

3 minutes ago, EJThaGamer said:

aa okay like go watch on some benchmarks ?

Yes.

[Jurrunio]

1. Watch benchmarks, to know its direct competitor.

 

2. Check memory. things like 3gb 1060 can run into problems if you care about high quality textures and antialiasing.

 

3. Check cooler. Blowers, open type (with different numbers of fans), heatsink size etc. Benchmarks should show the difference between identical cards.

 

4. The power connector it has. Your PSU needs to have them before you can use it

[Hasnat Mehmood]

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